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  • Updates on Wednesday 30 August 2017

  1. That's it from uspublished at 22:00 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    We'll be back at 06:00 BST with all your news, sport, travel and weather.

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  2. Motor neurone disease sufferer told to prove disabilitypublished at 21:52 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Piers Hopkirk
    Reporter, BBC South East Today

    The Department for Work and Pensions has apologised to a terminally-ill man, after writing to him twice in a month, asking him to prove he qualifies for benefits.

  3. My school made me scared of failurepublished at 21:50 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    A former pupil of St Olave's School, accused of excluding people based on grades, says going there made him "scared of failure".

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  4. Pilot refuses to fly failed asylum seekerpublished at 21:23 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Samim Bigzad, who entered the UK illegally, is at a removal centre after the pilot refused to fly him.

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  5. Debate shifts over Sandspublished at 21:01 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    The Port of Dover says it will now source some of the sand for a massive building project from elsewhere, after plans to dredge the Goodwins sparked furious opposition.

    But it's adamant some material will have to come from the site near Deal.

  6. Dramatic footage of motorway smashpublished at 20:32 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    A family of three say they're lucky to be alive after their car was hit by a lorry on the M20.

    Their dashcam caught the moment.

  7. Missing: Have you seen Yuhua?published at 19:28 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    Police say they're concerned about a woman who's vanished in Tonbridge.

    Yuhua Zhao is 71 and doesn't speak English.

    Yuhua ZhaoImage source, Kent Police

    She was last seen at Tonbridge railway station around 10:30 BST yesterday.

    It's thought she may have travelled to London.

  8. The sun will come out tomorrowpublished at 19:11 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Rachel Mackley
    Weather Presenter, BBC South East

    After someone appeared to flick the switch between summer and autumn overnight, the sunshine's due to make a return.

    Here's my forecast.

  9. Huge rise in dog attacks in the South Eastpublished at 18:22 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Figures obtained by the BBC show an increase of more than 60% in the past three years.

  10. Deportation halted by pilotpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Bob Dale
    BBC Live reporter

    A young man is still facing deportation to Afghanistan, despite the captain of the plane he was put on board refusing to take off.

    It's reported the pilot wouldn't leave Heathrow, after Samim Bigzad became hysterical.

  11. Grammar school A-level places disputepublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    A grammar school faces a legal challenge over stopping pupils from going into the final A-level year.

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  12. Kent and Leicestershire held up by rainpublished at 15:09 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Rain prevents any play on the third day of Kent against Leicestershire at Canterbury.

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  13. Meet the #PhotoOfTheDay regularspublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    We've been out to meet some of the people who regularly contribute to our #PhotoOfTheDay.

    Catch our films starting next week.

  14. Some rain heading your waypublished at 13:19 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Yasmine Djadoudi
    BBC Live reporter

    It's going to be a cloudy, wet and cool day today. Here's your weather update with Alina Jenkins.

  15. Rail row deal 'approved by minister'published at 12:38 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    The RMT claims a deal between Govia Thameslink and Aslef has been signed off by the government.

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  16. Remembering Dianapublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Yasmine Djadoudi
    BBC Live reporter

    It's been 20 years since the death of Princess Diana, but her legacy lives on through people like Diana Award winner Jonjo.

  17. This morning's Kent newspaper headlinespublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Stack of newspapers (generic)Image source, Getty Images

    Kent Online, external: Kent Police defend record catching paedophiles after criticism from vigilante group Silent Justice

    Kent News, external: Man dies after falling from railway bridge near Farningham Road station, police and air ambulance on scene

    Kent Live, external: 'Remember where your money's going' warning after leaks spring up across Sevenoaks

  18. This pub is big, really bigpublished at 10:26 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    It's the largest Wetherspoons pub in Britain and it's about to open in Ramsgate.

  19. Criticism over G4S hospice decisionpublished at 08:16 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Stuart Maisner
    BBC Live reporter

    A Government minister has criticised the security company G4S for refusing to take patients to hospices in Kent as part of their £90m NHS contract to provide non-emergency transport.

    The company argues that hospice care is not provided by the NHS so does not fall within their remit.

    Greg Clark, the MP for Tunbridge Wells, says the transport company should show some compassion.

  20. Kent mother's petition for still born babies to be registeredpublished at 07:28 British Summer Time 30 August 2017

    Yasmine Djadoudi
    BBC Live reporter

    A mother from Kent is campaigning for stillborn babies to be registered after losing her son at just 20 weeks.

    UK law only allows babies born after 24 weeks to be registered but Lisa, from Canterbury, is campaigning to change the system.